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WILLIAM FREEBOBN, OF TIVOLI, NEW. YORK. Letters Patent No. 72,011, dated December 10, 1867,

IMPROVED GARTRIDGE-BOX.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Fnnnnonn', of Tivoli, Dutchess county, State of New York, have invented an Improved Cartridge-Box; andIdo hereby declare the following to be an exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, makings. part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a square cartridge-box, made of leather or any suitable material, constructed with a series-pf round, fluted, or ruflied holders, B, (on the inside,) made of any firm or flexible material, with one or more flaps in front, each flap having a series of holders, the flaps being buttoned to the sides of the box. After the cartridges have been taken out of the top rows, the top flap is let down, so that easy access is had to the next row of eartridges'below, and so with the next row as the second section or flap is turned down. r p

The box is intended to carry metallic cartridges in' the smallest space possible, free from any friction or rattling, and most convenient for the soldier to carry and use.

A represents the square'box, made of leather or any suitable material. B, the round, fluted, or ruflied holders, made of any firm or flexible material, sewed or riveted on the inside of the box A, in which the metallic cartridges are placed. 0 0 represent two flaps or falling sides, with a series of holders, B, on each flap. These flaps (one or more) are unbuttoned at their sides, and let down for the purpose of extracting cartridges from the lower rows of. holders. D D are tongues, attached to flaps G G, that button on to the buttons E E at the sides of the box A. F represents the ordinary falling cover of the box.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of this cartridge-box when open.

Figure 2 exhibits it closed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The square box A, made of leather or any suitable material, when constructed with a series of round, fluted, or ruflied holders, B, (on'the inside,) made of any firm or flexible material, a'series of holders B being attached to each flap O in front, and the fiaps buttoning to the sides of the box A, as herein described and for the purpose set forth. I

WM. FREEBORN.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGLART, Emu. F. BROWN. 

